Donnie Is Jesus
The movie does have strong relations to the characters in the Bible. Let's start with the most obvious of characters; Donnie is a Christ figure. At the climax of the film, Donnie, having seen through a portal to the future (the 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 12 seconds in which most of the movie takes place), decides to stay in bed even though he knows the jet engine is headed straight for him. Donnie embraces certain death, knowing that he is saving the lives of people, even Jim Cunningham. Other characters receive "salvation", namely his future girlfriend Gretchen. He makes this self-sacrifice just as Jesus did, when he did not have to.
Gretchen, then, symbolizes all people who came after Jesus' time because of the notion that Jesus died for us even before he knew us. To strengthen Donnie's Christ-like character, Gretchen, who has "a relationship with Jesus Christ", asks him near the beginning of the movie, "Donnie Darko... what kind of name is that? Sound's like a......
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